Well, here's an image of the exact same product you posted above:
Here's another the same thing in a different color:
I want one in purple.
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Intel Ad Sparks Speculation of Next-Generation MacBook Pro Leak
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I want one in purple.
My liquidmetal response had absolutely nothing to do with the color of the laptop in this ad.
My response wan't directed twords you, I was just agreeing with the post about anodizing possibly being used, in this thread and others there have been a good number of posts from other people (not you) saything how the pictures couldn't be of the MBP for the reason that the color wasn't right, basically from people that don't think about how color can be changed in photoshop, or with coating of the actual metal.
Intel Ad Sparks Speculation of Next-Generation MacBook Pro Leak
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A new ad for Intel's latest second-generation Core processors has been sparking rampant speculation across the Internet that the notebook pictured is Apple's next-generation MacBook Pro. Demonstrating the thin profile of and minor resemblance to the MacBook Air, the machine's desktop and application windows also have a Mac OS X-like feel.
The machine depicted in the ad is, however, pretty clearly a basic mockup of a generic notebook computer specifically intended to not be any particular machine or operating system currently available. The sleek designs offered by Apple are of course viewed by many as appealing, and thus even generic computer mockups for advertising purposes tend to have similarities to Apple's products.
Article Link: Intel Ad Sparks Speculation of Next-Generation MacBook Pro Leak
A new ad for Intel's latest second-generation Core processors has been sparking rampant speculation across the Internet that the notebook pictured is Apple's next-generation MacBook Pro. Demonstrating the thin profile of and minor resemblance to the MacBook Air, the machine's desktop and application windows also have a Mac OS X-like feel.
The machine depicted in the ad is, however, pretty clearly a basic mockup of a generic notebook computer specifically intended to not be any particular machine or operating system currently available. The sleek designs offered by Apple are of course viewed by many as appealing, and thus even generic computer mockups for advertising purposes tend to have similarities to Apple's products.
Article Link: Intel Ad Sparks Speculation of Next-Generation MacBook Pro Leak
Would I love to see the MacBooks go black again? Sure. Would black anodized aluminum be awesome? Sure. I personally don't think this mockup is anything significant though.
No one even noticed that I pointed out that the surfer dude looks like the same one in the current MBP photo on Apple's site.
OMG the new MBP will have a 3D screen! You heard it here first
The design in the ad is slick, no idea how it relates to anything else. The shots of the MBA next to the ... whatever the heck is in the Intel ad ... is kinda silly if you don't know how big the alleged screen would be. A 15" or 17" scaled down and put next to a 11.6" model would look impossibly thin, wouldn't it?
Apple has a patent for hiding the camera, you know. It could be featured in the new MBP.
No one even noticed that I pointed out that the surfer dude looks like the same one in the current MBP photo on Apple's site.
I noticed. It's a good observation.
*hands greytmom a cookie*
Same product line, different model. Also, what were you trying to convey with your post? You stated no conclusion.
Just release it already!
IMO the mockup in teh Intel ad is too thin to have the sort of power that I need. Unless that is a 17" unit and the scale is throwing me off.
But a SB dual and a RADEON 6650 would make me super happy.
IMO the mockup in teh Intel ad is too thin to have the sort of power that I need. Unless that is a 17" unit and the scale is throwing me off.
But a SB dual and a RADEON 6650 would make me super happy.
You didn't know if the product you posted was anodized despite it being your original main example in regards to anodization. I followed up with different colored versions of the same product to prove that your example is anodized, or at least has a very good possibility of being anodized.
Now let me ask you what you were trying to convey with your anodization debate when clearly that had nothing to do with the topic I was talking about? All you've proved so far is you know how to waste someone's time.
I dropped it into photoshop looking for signs of, well, photoshoping. I did notice something when I ran levels on it, everything is a pretty deep perfect black but not the machine itself. As you can see.
This result is actually from only a slight levels filter. Liquid Metal????? OOoooh.
This result is actually from only a slight levels filter. Liquid Metal????? OOoooh.
Sorry to be a kill joy, but it's just some graphics designer representing a generic laptop with an Apple look because the public generally see Apple products as more attractive. Why would intel, let alone their PR department have promotional images of Apple's new unreleased laptop?
Please not black again - I had enough black notebooks in my life, I think they black notebooks are just ugly and make the look dated .... was cool back in the times, not anymore.
I think that everyone is on high alert with a potential refresh approaching. It's an Intel ad and the blacked out generic laptop is making people crazy. I guess that people are tired of gossiping about the fashions at the Grammy's, whether Obama colors his gray hair, Michele's wardrobe and how many Billions Egypt's President/Dictator will get away with. We will all see in a few weeks whether Intel has a new chip or if Apple is releasing a refresh or redesign on the MBP's.
The picture I posted was in regards to whether or not liquid metal only existed in a single color (the color found in unprocessed bars of the substance). This picture showed that it did come in varying shades, and I postulated that it may be anodization (it looked like it), or a differing alloy with various impurities. The reason I label this as speculation is because liquid metal is an amorphous metal, and I do not know if the standard methods for altering the appearance of crystalline structure metals are applicable in this case. It was never a 'main example in regards to anodization', as I expressed uncertainty about the process that produced it from inception. Indeed, I know of no other metal than aluminum that is typically anodized. (the wikipedia link lists a small handful of metals that use anodization, but notes it is primarily used in aluminum processing. It makes no mention of liquidmetal, although it is by no means comprehensive. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anodizing )
Following up my example with similar products as additional proof that is anodized helps none because the original question hasn't been addressed. They all look of the same finish, but that may not necessarily imply that it was anodization that did it given liquidmetal may have different techniques for achieving various hues.
What was trying to be conveyed was successfully done so. Liquidmetal demonstrably comes in differing shades (in response to your challenge which did not qualify any procedures that could or could not be done to alter the appearance of the metal. In fact, you specified a finished product as evidence of differing apperances). The question still remains whether this differing appearance is the result of anodization, the introduction of impurities into the metal's structure, or some other reason.
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Intel wouldn't have access to that ******! Anyway, it looks like an Illustrator rendering to me.
Intel wouldn't have access to that ******! Anyway, it looks like an Illustrator rendering to me.
Um, yeah... It's a markup created by Intel's marketing department, or marketing firm.
Do you *HONESTLY* think Apple would release such PR shots to third-parties before they release them internally?
Hell, before the official Intel transition was announced, I knew people who were working on the Apple Developer Transition Machine, and they didn't even know that was what they were working on until a couple years later when I pointed it out! (They didn't have the fancy Power Mac G5 chassis, they were working with the motherboards in generic chassis - they just knew they were making a motherboard for some random OEM.)
Some graphic artist likes Apple's PR designs (who knows, maybe Intel uses the same firm as Apple,) and used similar styling.
Do you *HONESTLY* think Apple would release such PR shots to third-parties before they release them internally?
Hell, before the official Intel transition was announced, I knew people who were working on the Apple Developer Transition Machine, and they didn't even know that was what they were working on until a couple years later when I pointed it out! (They didn't have the fancy Power Mac G5 chassis, they were working with the motherboards in generic chassis - they just knew they were making a motherboard for some random OEM.)
Some graphic artist likes Apple's PR designs (who knows, maybe Intel uses the same firm as Apple,) and used similar styling.